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Black Lives Matter: A Conversation
May 3, 2017
With an impressive resume of social activism in response to social injustices, Patrisse Cullors was inspired to action by the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Starting the Twitter hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, Cullors prompted activism nationwide and introduced the banner under which this generation’s civil rights movement marches. An established community leader and performance artist trained under the founder of politically expressive theater, Cullors raises awareness to issues—specifically law enforcement accountability—through a blend of activism and art. Cullors’ advocacy has earned her honors including the Mario Savio Young Activist Of The Year Award and recognition as a 'New Civil Rights Leader For The 21st Century’ by the LA Times. In 2015, Cullors and her Black Lives Matter co-founders were honored with inclusion on The Root’s Top 100 List for the movement’s social and political impact. Cullors was also honored with the Berger-Marks 2015 Edna Award.
Jamelle Bouie is chief political correspondent for Slate Magazine where he writes on national politics. He is based in Washington D.C., and his work has appeared in The American Prospect, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the New Yorker online. Jamelle is a native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and attended the University of Virginia, where he graduated with degrees in political and social thought, and government.
Hanna Rosin on the End of Men and the Rise of Women
October 15, 2013
Hanna Rosin, senior editor at The Atlantic, editor and founder of Slate’s women’s section DoubleX, and author of the book, The End of Men and the Rise of Women, presented the findings, both statistical and anecdotal, that she uncovered while preparing her book. Ultimately, she laid out her reasons for believing that, although men currently seem unwilling to adjust to new realities that are changing their roles in society, they “may become more flexible as the world around them continues to change.”
Rosin grew up in Israel, and moved to New York City when she was five. She attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, and got a degree in comparative literature at Stanford University. She worked at The New Republic, and wrote regularly for GQ, and New York magazines. She became the religion reporter at the Washington Post in 2005, and wrote for The New Yorker. Her first book, God’s Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America, was based on a New Yorker article. She is currently a senior editor at The Atlantic magazine.
Seymour Hersh on U.S. Foreign Policy
October 18, 2011
Seymour (Sy) Hersh is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker magazine on military and security matters. He has also won two National Magazine Awards and is a five-time Polk winner and recipient of the 2004 George Orwell Award. He first gained worldwide recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai Massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. His 2004 reports on the U.S. military's mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison gained much attention.
This lecture was co-sponsored by the UW Graduate School's Walker-Ames Fund.
James Carville Looks at American Politics
April 20, 2009
James Carville, a leading political consultant and author who helped guide Bill Clinton to presidential victory in 1992, told the audience that Abraham Lincoln, arguably the most successful American president, was also the least successful. He pointed out that failure is not only an option, but is necessary to achieve greatness.
Since his work on the 1992 Clinton election, Carville has focused on foreign political consulting, working with political clients around the world. He has also worked as a television and film producer, hosted talk shows, acted and written a number of books. With his wife Mary Matalin, former assistant to President Bush and counselor to Vice President Cheney, Carville wrote All’s Fair: Love, War and Running for President, which spent eight weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. Carville is also a regular commentator on CNN and host of XM Radio’s 60/20 weekly sports show.
He was the first speaker to visit UW Tacoma as the Arthur R. and Anna Mae Paulsen Lecturer.
